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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Sabres beat Penguins 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on December 8, 2008.

BUF – PIT
29–32
Shots on goal
0/3–1/8
Power play
32–20
Hits
10–19
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Ruslan Fedotenko
2 G
2 shots · 15:21 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 A
8 shots · 25:54 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Petr Sykora
2 A
19:39 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko Go-ahead 1st · 09:37
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Derek Roy Tying 1st · 11:07
Unassisted · beat Dany Sabourin
1–1
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko Go-ahead 1st · 15:15
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
2nd period
🐧 Kris Letang PP 2nd · 01:31
Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Ryan Miller
1–3
⚔️ Ales Kotalik 2nd · 06:40
Assists: Adam Mair, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Dany Sabourin
2–3
⚔️ Daniel Paille Tying 2nd · 14:49
Assists: Paul Gaustad, Clarke MacArthur · beat Dany Sabourin
3–3
3rd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 3rd · 06:13
Assists: Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht · beat Dany Sabourin
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 20:41
L2 Hecht · Gaustad · Stafford 16:05
L3 Paille · Mair · Kotalik 10:05
L4 MacArthur · Gerbe · Afinogenov 8:53
D1 Sekera · Lydman 24:04
D2 Spacek · Numminen 18:02
D3 Tallinder · Rivet 15:34
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 25:54
L2 Fedotenko · Sykora · Satan 19:33
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Dupuis 12:18
L4 Minard · Pesonen · Godard 4:29
D1 Letang · Scuderi 21:38
D2 Goligoski · Eaton 19:58
D3 Orpik · Lovejoy 12:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 32
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
32 Hits 20
10 Blocked shots 19
1 Takeaways 6
4 Giveaways 11
18 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 13.8% (4/29) PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:44 TOI
🐧Penguins
Dany Sabourin
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 58:40 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Nov 282008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Nov 152008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Mar 122008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–7 Feb 172008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Jan 12008 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO
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Who won Sabres vs Penguins on December 8, 2008?

Sabres won 4–3. The final score was Sabres 4, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Daniel Paille, Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ruslan Fedotenko (2), Kris Letang.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Penguins season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 6 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3 AfterDec 10 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 6 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 AfterDec 10 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–4
Also on December 8
⚡TBL 3–5 🐻BOS 🏝️NYI 2–4 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 4–3 🏛️OTT 🐯NSH 3–6 🎵STL
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